"We have played some very, very good sides in my 15 and a half years as Linfield manager. We have played some very good sides of late. We have played Bate, Dinamo Zagreb and Rosenberg and they were all very good sides but I have to say AEL were the best side we've played. They were amazingly quick, their movement off the ball was superb. They treated us with massive respect. I've got to say when it was 3-0 after 54 minutes, I feared the worst but thankfully my players defended with their lives.”